Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
There are some amazing lectures occurring at UBC this week. Usually, it’s good to supplement lectures with [...]
Yes. Yet another “Sh*t ___ Says” video but I swear I’m not just trolling you. It‘s somewhat relevant alludes to my upcoming post. Plus I think UBC students would really appreciate the campus specific nuances embedded in this cinematic piece.
Challenge:Future is offering an incredible opportunity to travel to Slovenia and share your ideas, all expenses paid. If you are between the ages of 18 and 30, and you have an idea that you want to share at the 2012 TEDx Bled Talks, this has the potential to be a life altering offer. The deadline [...]
It’s been a long time since I blogged last time. Life has been extremely busy and tough for me, but fortunately I recovered. For some reason, this phrase keeps surfacing in my mind, so much so that I think it warrants a post about it–”intangible values”.
To start with, here is a question for though: [...]
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
From now until the 27th, your student union is having an election. They represent [...]
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
Note: This entire week is the Conference Week for the Africa Awareness Initiative! [...]
I am re-thinking a few things: a) where intelligence comes from and b) where good ideas come from and c) whether or not those are actually 2 separate questions..
Maybe all you potential academic starlets are smart partly because you can conduct good post-mortems on failure of all sorts. For example- commerce, from a
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
January 9th-15th.
Author Meets Critics: Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children: [...]
Whether or not you’re into science, you’ve heard the name. Stephen Hawking is a modern-day science legend, a hero. And, today, defying all odds, he is celebrating his 70th birthday.
Hawking suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease in which life expectancy is 2-3 years after diagnosis. He has managed to overcome the limitations [...]
Mix it up in 2012
It’s the first week of the year, first week of the term… A time of reflection and projection. A time to mix things up and try new things. How do you plan to enrich, expand, and innovate in 2012? How about through interdisciplinary engagement?
This year’s winner: the 2012 Republican candidates for the President of the United States (article)
Some choice quotes:
Rick Santorum: “There is no such thing as global warming…it’s just an excuse for more government control of your life and I’ve never been for any scheme or even accepted the junk science behind the whole [...]
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